How to Prevent Flu During Coronavirus Pandemic ?

Women‍‍`s Corner
December 24, 2020

Fall and winter months bring the flu season. Here is what you would like to understand to assist protect you and your family from the flu and COVID-19.

Symptoms : Flu and COVID-19 can have similar symptoms. Call a doctor or health care center if you've got any of those symptoms:

- Stuffy or runny nose, cough, new loss of taste or smell, pharyngitis or headache

- Fever or chills, muscle or body aches, new fatigue/feeling tired or without energy

- Diarrhea, nausea or vomiting

- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

- Icon showing a sick woman with a chilly continue her head

Flu : Fever and aches should end within five days. Coughing and fatigue/feeling tired or not having energy can last about fortnight. See your doctor if symptoms worsen. Severe cases may cause hospitalization or death.

COVID-19 : Some people may never have symptoms. Recovery can take up to 2 weeks for mild cases or six weeks or more for severe cases. COVID-19 can also cause lasting organ damage, hospitalization or death.

Complications of Flu : Flu can become pneumonia, and really severe cases are often fatal.

Complications of COVID-19 : This disease may result in pneumonia and lasting damage to your lungs, kidneys, heart and brain. COVID-19 are often fatal.

Cause of Flu : It's caused by several different influenza viruses that change annually , which is why there's a replacement vaccine each flu season.

Cause of COVID-19 : The disease is caused by the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which emerged late in 2019.

Treatment of Flu : Treatments include rest, fluids, a fever reducer, like acetaminophen, and an antiviral medicine to scale back the quantity of your time you've got the flu and stop complications.

Treatment of COVID-19 : Rest, a fever reducer and cough medicine help treat mild cases. More serious cases may require hospitalization, breathing support with a ventilator or other therapies.